A man who said that four female friends of his then-lover attacked him with knives and a machete has pleaded guilty to injuring one of the women.
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A man accused of beating his ex-lover after she caught him leaving a Kingston hotel with another woman has likened the incident leading up to the alleged assault as a sce
Kaylan Dowdie
A second woman charged in relation to the brutal beating of 17-year-old Kaylan Dowdie along Barbican Road in St Andrew last November, has been granted bail.
Yolande Vassell, a 45-year-old old resident of Barbican Road, was offered bail in the sum of $350,000 when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday.
On January 6, another accused, Cassian Lewis, a 28-year-old resident also of Barbican Road, was granted bail.
Meanwhile, the other three women, who along with Vassell and Lewis were charged with wounding with intent and unlawful wounding, were remanded into police custody.
They are 28-year-old Shakeema McLeod, otherwise called ‘Keema’; 33-year-old Nadine Aldridge; and 22-year-old Timone Williams, otherwise called ‘Rusty , all of Barbican Road, St Andrew.
A man who was charged with the murder of his stepson last year, was remanded in police custody when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Friday.
Ochest Rose, otherwise called ‘Phillip’, of Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, is charged with the murder of eight-year-old Galen Buchanan of Spanish Town Road, also in St Andrew.
A hearing in the case is to be held on Rose s next court appearance to determine whether the matter should be transferred to the High Court for trial.
Rose was remanded in custody until February 1.
Rose, who was found in Trelawny, was taken into custody two days after the little boy was discovered, and was charged with murder on February 4, 2020 by detectives from the Major Investigation Division (MID).